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Inspired by the Marek Cohn book , Dope Girls is a new BBC play about female gangsters in London ’s Soho in 1918 starring Julianne Nicholson .
Dope Girlsis a new six - part BBC criminal offense play inspired by the book byMarek Kohn , a forget time in account . It is the end of World War I. As Britain celebrates the Armistice on the streets of London , humanity rejoin from the front bear to come back lodge and pick up where they left off – but a fresh empowered generation of women are loath to simply return to the kitchen . Using Soho ’s expanding illegitimate undercover clubland scene as their resort area , woman explore previously impossible opportunities on either side of the law . Dope Girlsdepicts in visceral , delicious detail the nativity of the modern night life industry guided and begild by distaff gangsters .
Created by playwrightPolly StenhamandAlex Warren , withKilling EveveteranShannon Murphyas tip director and executive producer , Dope GirlsfeaturesJulianne Nicholsonplays Kate Galloway , a single mother who establishes a nightclub amidst the hedonistic uproar of post - World War One London , embracing a life history of vicious activities with the dedicated aim of providing for her girl Evie , played byEilidh Fisher(The Power).Eliza Scanlenplays Violet Davies , one of the first wave of distaff officer , who is assigned to go hugger-mugger and investigate the illicit globe of hole-and-corner Soho nightclubs . This is where we witness Billie Cassidy , played byUmi Myers(Bob Marley : One erotic love ) , a dazzling bohemian social dancer whose life is irrevocably changed by Kate ’s arrival .
Nicholson shared , " It belong back to when I got the pilot burner script and understand it . Polly Stenham put in this inverted comma by Viv Albertine , who ’s from this punk rocker rock candy dance orchestra called The Slits . This inverted comma is : ' Bad young lady are n’t villains , they ’re transgressive forces within patriarchal cultures , when made to choose between wreaking devastation or accepting their powerlessness , they pick out destruction . "
Also star in the series , which was filmed in Wales , areMichael Duke , Ian Bonar , Dustin Demri - Burns , Geraldine James , Nabhaan Rizwan , Priya Kansara , Jordan Kouamé , Will Keen , andSebastian Croft . Miranda Bowen , also fromKilling Eve , directed later episodes . Directors of Photography includeAnnika SummersonandCarlos Catalan , whileSherree Philips(Babyteeth ) is the output designer . Ado Yoshizaki Cassutoserves as producer . Dope Girlsis farm by Bad Wolf ( His Dark Materials , Industry , I Hate Suzie , Doctor Who , A Discovery of Witches – so stop saying the only thing they have isDoctor Who ) in association with Sony Pictures Television for BBC iPlayer and BBC One . It is now onBBC iPlayerin the UK and will be coming to a US streamer at a later date .
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